droll – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of droll

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to droll
Participle: drolled
Gerund: drolling

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of droll

Indicative

Present

Idroll
youdroll
he;she;itdrolls
wedroll
youdroll
theydroll

Perfect

Ihave drolled
youhave drolled
he;she;ithas drolled
wehave drolled
youhave drolled
theyhave drolled

Past

Idrolled
youdrolled
he;she;itdrolled
wedrolled
youdrolled
theydrolled

Pluperfect

Ihad drolled
youhad drolled
he;she;ithad drolled
wehad drolled
youhad drolled
theyhad drolled

Future

Iwill droll
youwill droll
he;she;itwill droll
wewill droll
youwill droll
theywill droll

Future Perfect

Iwill have drolled
youwill have drolled
he;she;itwill have drolled
wewill have drolled
youwill have drolled
theywill have drolled

Subjunctive

Present

Idroll
youdroll
he;she;itdroll
wedroll
youdroll
theydroll

Perfect

Ihave drolled
youhave drolled
he;she;ithave drolled
wehave drolled
youhave drolled
theyhave drolled

Imperfect

Idrolled
youdrolled
he;she;itdrolled
wedrolled
youdrolled
theydrolled

Pluperfect

Ihad drolled
youhad drolled
he;she;ithad drolled
wehad drolled
youhad drolled
theyhad drolled

Conditional

Present

Iwould droll
youwould droll
he;she;itwould droll
wewould droll
youwould droll
theywould droll

Perfect

Iwould have drolled
youwould have drolled
he;she;itwould have drolled
wewould have drolled
youwould have drolled
theywould have drolled

Imperative

youdroll
weLet's droll
youdroll

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam drolling
youare drolling
he;she;itis drolling
weare drolling
youare drolling
theyare drolling

Perfect

Ihave been drolling
youhave been drolling
he;she;ithas been drolling
wehave been drolling
youhave been drolling
theyhave been drolling

Past

Iwas drolling
youwere drolling
he;she;itwas drolling
wewere drolling
youwere drolling
theywere drolling

Pluperfect

Ihad been drolling
youhad been drolling
he;she;ithad been drolling
wehad been drolling
youhad been drolling
theyhad been drolling

Future

Iwill be drolling
youwill be drolling
he;she;itwill be drolling
wewill be drolling
youwill be drolling
theywill be drolling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been drolling
youwill have been drolling
he;she;itwill have been drolling
wewill have been drolling
youwill have been drolling
theywill have been drolling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be drolling
youwould be drolling
he;she;itwould be drolling
wewould be drolling
youwould be drolling
theywould be drolling

Perfect

Iwould have been drolling
youwould have been drolling
he;she;itwould have been drolling
wewould have been drolling
youwould have been drolling
theywould have been drolling

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'droll'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'droll'

drill, droil, drool, proll, roll, troll, beroll, boll, broil, coll,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From French drôle (“comical, odd, funny”), from drôle (“buffoon”) from Middle French drolle (“a merry fellow, pleasant rascal”) from Old French drolle (“one who lives luxuriously”), from Middle Dutch drol (“fat little man, goblin”), itself from Old Norse troll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą. Doublet of drôle and troll.

Verbs referencing "droll"

Icelandic drolla.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] in every corner. In the height of the uproar and laughter, Sam, however, preserved an immovable gravity, only from time to time rolling his eyes up, and giving his auditors divers inexpressibly droll glances, without departing from the sententious elevation of his oratory. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)